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Weary glassmakers head home after morning shift.
Non-Fiction 1900 1 mins Silent
Unusually for one of Mitchell and Kenyon's 'factory gate' films, the girls and young women here seem most fascinated by the camera, stopping and staring while their male counterparts hurry past with little more than a slight smile. The exception is a rather grubby, undernourished young lad, who looks old and wizened before his time, who dashes back and forth to make the most of his screen debut.
Non-Fiction 1900 3 mins Silent Location: Chorley
Lancashire cotton-workers pile out through the mill gates at dinner time.
Non-Fiction 1901 2 mins Silent Location: Droylsden
Workers in Edwardian Lancashire become ghostly thanks to an odd camera effect.
Non-Fiction 1900 1 mins Silent Location: Nelson
Lively Lancashire millworkers, including young boys and girls, at the mill gates.
Non-Fiction 1901 2 mins Silent
Where was this Edwardian paper works?
Non-Fiction 1901 4 mins Silent Location: Birmingham
A rich impression of a vibrant Midlands works, in an unusually elaborate 'factory gate' film.
Non-Fiction 1900 1 mins Silent Location: Ripley
Victorian ironworkers leave their Derbyshire factory in carefully stage-managed fashion.
Non-Fiction 1923 5 mins Silent Location: St Helens
Demonstrating care for the community in Lancashire.
Non-Fiction 1901 3 mins Silent Location: St Helens
Members of this Friendly Society stream past the camera.
Non-Fiction 1901 3 mins Silent Location: St Helens
Shift change at Edwardian Britain's most important glassmakers, at the heart of the Merseyside town.
Non-Fiction 1901 1 mins Silent Location: St Helens
The crowds at Knowsley Road await a Rugby league match between the Saints and the Lions.
Industry sponsored film 1960 24 mins
A new luxury express is put through its paces. This film looks over the shoulders of the select band of craftsmen, engineers and operators, whose combined skills try to ensure that a train journey is a delightful experience.
Documentary 1973 15 mins
British Transport Films record the varied daily lives of their neighbours as seen from the high roof of their building in London’s Marylebone.
Travelogue 1953 21 mins Location: York
The Stationmaster at York guides us through a typical day, from dawn to dusk.
Industry sponsored film 1957 20 mins
Illustrating the efficiency of express freight trains, and how they link manufacturers with their customers at the other end of Britain.
Documentary 1952 30 mins
Examining a day in the life of what was then the busiest railway system in the world – British Railways.
Industry sponsored film 1957 9 mins
A 1957 film examining the future for British Railways, and some of the opportunities provided by a new modernisation plan.
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